Palestine
CapitalsEast Jerusalem(proclaimed capital), Ramallah(administrative centre)
Official languagesArabic
RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
Shape
Asia · Western Asia
Outline not to scale
About the flag
Palestine's flag has three horizontal stripes of black, white and green, with a red triangle at the flagpole. It is based on the flag of the Arab Revolt of 1916 and was adopted by the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1964. The colours are often linked to historic Arab dynasties: black for the Abbasids, white for the Umayyads, green for the Fatimids and red for the Hashemites.
Often confused with
Jordan's flag is the same design with a white seven-pointed star in the red triangle.
Sudan's stripes are red, white and black from the top, and its triangle is green.
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